31977R2479

No L 287/ 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 11 . 11 . 77

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2479/77 of 8 November 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2366/77 laying down the interim measures for the conservation and management of North Sea herring

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN tive in view of the type of fishing equipment used ; COMMUNITIES, whereas, therefore, to take account of the social consequences of such a measure on this particular Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European local situation, a limited derogation should be made to Economic Community, the ban on the fishing of North Sea herring, in Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No respect of the fishermen concerned in that Member 350/77 of 18 February 1977 laying down certain State, interim measures for the conservation and manage­ ment of fishery resources ('), as last amended by Regu­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : lation (EEC) No 1 673/77 (2), and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof, Article 1 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, The following paragraph shall be added to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2366/77 : Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2366/77 of 25 October 1977 laying down the interim measures for 'However, France shall be authorized to carry out the conservation and management of North Sea direct fishing for North Sea herring in Division herring (3) extended the ban on herring fishing in the VII d as defined by the International Council for North Sea until 31 December 1977 pending a re­ the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) catching up to a examination of the situation ; limit of 600 tonnes and subject to the conditions laid down in the Annex'. Whereas, however, this measure affects certain local small-scale inshore fishermen in one Member State Article 2 particularly seriously ; whereas a large proportion of their annual income comes from herring stocks fished This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its in close proximity to their coast during the period publication in the Official Journal of the European under consideration, there being no possible alterna­ Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 8 November 1977 . For the Council The President A. HUMBLET

ANNEX

The provisions of Article 1 (2) shall apply only to inshore fishermen operating from the port of Etaples, the ports on the Baie de Somme, Le Treport and Fecamp, with vessels of less than 30 GRT using gill nets or drift nets.

0 ) OJ No L 48 , 19 . 2. 1977, p. 28 . (2) OJ No L 186, 26. 7. 1977, p. 30 . (3) OJ No L 277, 29 . 10 . 1977, p. 8 .